Category Fact checks / debunkings

This clip shows a climate protest in Italy, not Ukrainian protesters in Spain

A video clip of motorists angrily dragging away demonstrators who were blocking a highway has been viewed tens of thousands of times in online posts that claim it shows Ukrainian anti-war protesters obstructing traffic in Spain. This is false: the clip was filmed in a highway in the Italian capital Rome. The group that staged the protest told AFP it showed a climate demonstration unrelated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Fake: Ukrainian Refugees Destroy Spanish Forest While Attempting to Burn Russian Flag

The video circulating on social media has been edited - a running line claiming that a large fire in Spain was allegedly caused by Ukrainian refugees was deliberately added on the screen. In reality, the running line reported on the driver, arrested for assaulting a passenger and driving under the influence.

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Manipulation: UN Confirms No Injuries In Odesa “Ukrainian Military Target Strike”

The lack of victims from the Russian missile attack on the Odesa port on July 23 does not excuse Russia - it still carried out another act of aggression and violated the agreements made the day before. UN representatives did not say anything about the Russian attack on "military warehouses" in the Odesa port. On the contrary, the UN has once again condemned Russian attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.

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Manipulation: Ukrainians are “Tired of War” and Beg the Government to Negotiate

The petition on the Ukrainian President's website calling to resume the negotiation process with Russia does not reflect Ukrainian public opinion. Despite a certain degree of fatigue and constant attacks by Russia, Ukrainians remain united in their determination not to make any concessions to the aggressor. According to a Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) poll conducted between July 6 and July 20, 84% of Ukrainians are not ready to make territorial concessions in order to end the war.

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Fake: Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Preparing for “Referendum to Join Russia”

Conducting "referendums" at gunpoint is a violation of Ukrainian legislation and international law. Neither Ukraine nor any other country will recognize the results of such "voting". Any fake "referendums" in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories are legally null and void and have no lawful consequences.

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Fake: Temporarily Occupied Part of Zaporizhzhia Region “Establishes International Contacts”

The international community does not recognize occupied Crimea or other Ukrainian occupied territories as independent republics, or the territory of Russia. Vladimir Rogov, quoted by Russian propaganda about alleged international contacts, is under European sanctions for threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, and has no authority to "establish contacts" with anyone, because he does not represent any official authorities.

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Anti-Russian Сonspiracy: Russia’s Ukrainian Grain Narratives

Ukrainian grain and Russia's blockade of Ukrainian ports have become one of the central themes for Russian propaganda since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The range of Russian narratives on this topic is vast: from statements that Russia is "not involved" in the shelling of Ukrainian grain storage facilities and grain export port infrastructure, to stories about a "global conspiracy" against Russia, which is "not allowed to trade" grain, stolen from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.

StopFake collected and analyzed the main Russian narratives about Ukrainian grain.

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